French director Luc Besson ("Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets" 2017) put out an action picture called "Leon: The Professional." It is the story of a professional hitman who reluctantly takes a twelve-year-old girl under his wing when her family is murdered. [..]
Forrest Gump (1994)
"Life is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get." And so begins the tale of "Forrest Gump," winner of six Oscars including Best Picture of 1994. Tom Hanks also won the Academy's Best Actor award in the [..]
J. Edgar (2011)
"J. Edgar" is a biopic motion picture about the life and career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Producer-director Clint Eastwood and screenwriter Dustin Lance Black failed in their attempt to make a great movie due to poor production values like bad lighting, terrible makeup, a confusing [..]
God’s Country (2022)
"God's Country" is the story of an retired police woman from New Orleans who leaves the area after Hurricane Katrina and moves to a remote area of Montana, only to run into trouble when she confronts two hunters trespassing on her property. Producer-director Julian Higgins has a sluggish [..]
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)
"PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie" is an animated superhero comedy film that tells the story of how a meteor magnet demonstration during a meteor shower backfires, causing a giant comet to head straight for Adventure City, home of the PAW Patrol. They spring into action, hopefully to [..]
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
"The Quick and the Dead" is a western movie about a woman gunfighter who rides into a frontier town to join in a dueling competition. Her actual goal is to exact revenge for her father's murder years earlier at the hand of the town's proprietor. Director [..]
Casino (1995)
"Casino" is an epic crime drama about two Mafia mobsters competing in the world of 1970's Las Vegas, with cash and criminal activity galore. Director Martin Scorsese ("New York, New York" 1977) created quite a film with non-stop activity, action, romance, and drama that makes the movie's [..]
Tommy Boy (1995)
"Tommy Boy" is a perfect vehicle for the physical comedy of Chris Farley, who plays a young man who inherits his father's business, intending to run the place. Unfortunately, his step-mother and step-brother have different ideas, like enriching themselves. The comedy and drama proceeds from there. [..]
GoldenEye (1995)
Pierce Brosnan makes his debut as James Bond in "GoldenEye," a big hit with movie-goers and critics alike. In a post-Cold War and post-Soviet Union, the story has James trying to prevent a rogue MI6 agent from using a satellite weapon against London to cause a global [..]
Crimson Tide (1995)
"Crimson Tide" is an excellent drama film about the conflict between a U. S. nuclear submarine commander and his first officer, arising from different interpretations of an order to launch their missiles during an apparent clash with Russia. Director Tony Scott ("Top Gun" 1986) kept this two [..]